Leon got out and helped Lana into the passenger seat of his car. She was dirty and covered in bodily fluids but he didn't mind. The seats could be washed but Lana was struggling to stand. He got her buckled into the seat and she immediately slumped over on her side. Leon placed his hand on her shoulder. She stirred slightly and groaned. Leon noted the large gash on the side of Lana's head. It was obvious that the girl was in desperate need of medical attention. Bethesda was the closest hospital and he knew that she would get the best care. She had wanted him to take her to NCIS. Apparently she was Jethro's granddaughter. Which didn't make sense to him. As far as Leon knew Kelly was had been Jethro's only child and she had been dead for twenty-five years. Even if Kelly had been alive this time she would have only been seventeen or so when Lana was born. Teenagers got pregnant pretty regularly but still this seemed fishy. Again Leon looked over at Lana. This time she was crying for her parents and begging somebody named Joanne to stop. Whatever Jethro was to her, Lana needed him and Tony needed to know that his daughter's friend was safe. Leon withdrew his phone from his pocket and dialed Tony's number.


Tony choked down the last swig of his vile cup of coffee. He wondered why the hell Gibbs liked this stuff. It tasted like the smell of dog farts. He turned his head in time to see Gibbs take a swig and immediately spit it out into the trashcan. That's when Tony remembered Gibbs' coffee came in a clear plastic bag and Abby's dog had been sick, and the vet needed a stool sample. The stool sample was somewhere in Abby's lab. Tony had just given Gibbs, dog shit. Even worse he had drank an entire cup of dog shit. He prayed to God that there was a parasite in the dog poop that would kill him. Before Gibbs did it.


"DiNozzo! Up now!" Gibbs barked.

"I'm sorry I made you drink dog shit!" Tony cried, falling out of his chair.

"What?!" Gibbs demanded.

"The coffee! I got it out of Abby's stash and it was beside her dog's stool sample. I must have grabbed the wrong bag. Oh Boss I am so sorry." Tony apologized.

"Tony, Abby's dog was sick two weeks ago. That sample is long gone." Gibbs assured.

"Then why did you yell for me to get up?" Tony asked.

"Because your phone has been ringing for five minutes and you have been snoring for twenty." Gibbs explained.

"Oh right, sorry!" Tony cried.


Tony pulled himself back up into his chair. The good news was the dog shit coffee was a nightmare, the bad news was that he had probably just fractured his tailbone, and the ringing of the phone probably wasn't good news either. It was probably somebody calling to tell him that Lana was dead and if he hadn't fallen asleep she would have lived. Taking one last deep breath he answered his phone.

"Hello?"

"Tony it's me."

"Oh hi director. What's going on?"

"I found Lana."

"You what?!"

"I found Lana."

"How?"

"Jared got sick at a sleepover and I had to pick him up. When we were driving home this girl flagged me down and it was Lana."

"Is she OK?"

"She is pretty beat up and I think she has been held captive. I am taking her to Bethesda as we speak."

"That's good"

"She also told me that Gibbs was her grandfather but I don't see how that's possible."

"Gibbs isn't her grandfather. He is her uncle. At least that's what she told Mollie."

"Well she has a nasty gash on her head. So it's safe to say that she is concussed. All the more reason to get her checked."

"And you are taking her to Bethesda?"

"Yes"

"OK I will tell everybody and get the girls. Then we will meet you there."


Mollie buried her head in Abby's Vampire emoji pillow. She was exhausted but knew that sleep would not be coming that night. Not with Lana in danger or worse. She shuddered at the idea of losing her best friend again. Emily was sitting Indian style on the other side of the futon, watching The Walking Dead on her iPad.

"You aren't gonna get scared. My dad watched with me once and he woke up screaming." Emily laughed.

"No it's fine. Hey you have any Talking Dead on there? Chris Hardwick is so adorable." Mollie admitted.

"I think AMC keeps that up but I am not sure. I was just watching cause I can't sleep." Emily explained.

"And watching a zombie show is supposed to help?" Gibbs asked entering the room.

"I am not sleeping until Lana is OK." Emily replied.

"Well we have some good news for you." Fornell told his daughter.

"Lana is OK?" Mollie cried.

"We hope so. Director Vance found her when he was driving Jared home. He thinks she has a concussion and she is pretty beat up but she's alive." Tony explained.

"Where is she?" Mollie asked.

"Leon is taking her to Bethesda. You girls can either come with us to wait for news of Ziva can stay here with you." Gibbs offered.

"We want to go to the hospital." Mollie insisted.

"Yeah we need to know if she is OK, ASAP." Emily added.

"Are you sure? It is going to be a lot of sitting around and waiting." Tony reminded.

"We know and it is just fine." Mollie explained.

"Yeah it's not like we were going to sleep anyway." Emily added.

"Alright well get your shoes on and let's get going." Tony instructed.


A/N: Lana and Gibbs can finally talk in the next chapter. New chapter will be up soon. Please review and thanks for reading.